OpenGlyph — Catalogue of the American Public DomainJurisdiction: United StatesRev. 2026.08
Images / art

Two archives, queried live.

Every record below comes from The Met or Smithsonian Open Access and was filtered on that archive’s own rights field before it reached this page. 24 shown for “Sketch for Three Side Wings with Part of Proscenium Frame” — 64 records examined, 2 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-03 15:09 UTC · fetched live for this request

Object
Public domainThe Met’s isPublicDomain field is true for this object.
CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian’s metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Not shownAnything failing its archive’s rights field is dropped server-side and never appears here.
The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1760s

Public domainThe Met
Sketch for Three Side Wings with Part of Proscenium Frame

Sketch for Three Side Wings with Part of Proscenium Frame

Artist not stated in the record · early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Wall clock (cartel), by Etienne LeNoir

Wall clock (cartel)

Etienne LeNoir · ca. 1735–40

Public domainThe Met
Stage Design: Proscenium and Palace Staircase, by Girolamo Fontana, Italian, 1668 - 1701

Stage Design: Proscenium and Palace Staircase

Girolamo Fontana, Italian, 1668 - 1701 · 1690–1710

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Investiture of Bishop Harold as Duke of Franconia, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Investiture of Bishop Harold as Duke of Franconia

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · ca. 1751–52

Public domainThe Met
Proscenium and Curtain, Little Theater of the Orphans, Faenza, by Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872

Proscenium and Curtain, Little Theater of the Orphans, Faenza

Romolo Achille Liverani, Italian, 1809 - 1872 · 1869

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Three Ages of Humans, by Dosso Dossi (Giovanni de Lutero)

The Three Ages of Humans

Dosso Dossi (Giovanni de Lutero) · ca. 1515

Public domainThe Met
Matchsafe, by Theodore B. Starr

Matchsafe

Theodore B. Starr · 1905–15

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The Apotheosis of the Spanish Monarchy

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1760s

Public domainThe Met
Elevation of a Town Mansion, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Elevation of a Town Mansion

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1750-1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt, by Peter Paul Rubens

A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt

Peter Paul Rubens · ca. 1635

Public domainThe Met
Proscenium and Plan for a Stage, by Unknown, Italian

Proscenium and Plan for a Stage

Unknown, Italian · 1725–50

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
A Woodland Road with Travelers, by Jan Brueghel the Elder

A Woodland Road with Travelers

Jan Brueghel the Elder · 1607

Public domainThe Met
Design for an Illusionistic Wall Decoration, with a King Accompanied by Soldiers, by Gaetano Lazzara, Italian, d. ca. 1730

Design for an Illusionistic Wall Decoration, with a King Accompanied by Soldiers

Gaetano Lazzara, Italian, d. ca. 1730 · 1703

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families, by Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia)

The Triumph of Fame; (reverse) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici and Tornabuoni Families

Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi (called Scheggia) · ca. 1449

Public domainThe Met
Console table and vase, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Console table and vase

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1785–1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456), by Hans Memling

Tommaso di Folco Portinari (1428–1501); Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli, born 1456)

Hans Memling · ca. 1470

Public domainThe Met
Frame and chandelier; male portrait bust, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Frame and chandelier; male portrait bust

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · ca. 1790

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) for Louise-Élisabeth of Parma, by Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot

Armchair (Fauteuil à la reine) for Louise-Élisabeth of Parma

Nicolas-Quinibert Foliot · ca. 1749

Public domainThe Met
Three Friezes; A Base; An Ornament, by Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823

Three Friezes; A Base; An Ornament

Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823 · ca. 1800

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Entombment of Christ

Entombment of Christ

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1515

Public domainThe Met
Designs for a Sofa, Armchair, Console Table, Console Looking Glass

Designs for a Sofa, Armchair, Console Table, Console Looking Glass

Artist not stated in the record · 1815–30

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Filippo Archinto (born about 1500, died 1558), Archbishop of Milan, by Titian (Tiziano Vecellio)

Filippo Archinto (born about 1500, died 1558), Archbishop of Milan

Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) · mid-1550s

Public domainThe Met
Design for Stuart Monument, by Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809

Design for Stuart Monument

Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809 · 1793

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
What was queried

Where these records came from.

Two archives are wired, and only two. Each one is filtered on its own rights field — never on a title match, and never on the presence of an image file.

  • The Met Collection API (Open Access)Rights field: isPublicDomain. 828 matched · 24 examined · 0 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.12 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 2965560 matched · 40 examined · 2 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.12 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-03 15:09 UTC, during this request. A completed pass is kept for 24 hours and replayed for an identical search, which is what keeps repeated queries inside Smithsonian’s 30-requests-per-hour allowance. A pass in which either archive failed to answer is never kept — an outage must not be replayed as though it were a finding about the catalogue.

Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress are deliberately not wired. Wikimedia was confirmed, on a live query, to return CC-BY material inside the same result set as genuine public domain works, and filtering it safely has not been designed yet. loc.gov was blocked by bot detection during the source evaluation, so its rights vocabulary has never been observed — and nothing here is built on a field nobody has read.

An image file is a rights claim. It never travels without its field.